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Trump confirmed that the FBI was investigating Jen-Hsun Huang’s involvement in the Chinese spying scandal, and publicly supported his statement of ignorance. The case shocked the US technology and political circles, and also drew Congress’s attention to the national security risks of Huida and AI chips.
CEO of Nvidia (also known as NVIDIA), one of the most valuable companies in the worldJen-Hsun Huang (Jensen Huang) Involving Chinadetective The unfolding of the case continues.trump The President told the media at the White House on the 9th that the FBI is investigating Huang Jen-hsun’s extramarital affair with a Chinese female spy.
Trump said he did not think there was any need to worry about Huang, who has contributed significantly to the advancement of artificial intelligence (AI). “I know the FBI is investigating other aspects of the problem and I think they’re OK,” Trump said. Huida’s stock price fell more than 4% during intraday trading on the 9th, and has fallen nearly 11% since the 4th.
The sudden revelation of Huang’s affair shocked political circles and the US technology community, leading public opinion to question whether China has ever been able to obtain Huida’s cutting-edge artificial intelligence (AI) chips, the Associated Press reported.
The report said that during the conversation, Trump indicated that he was directly involved in the counterintelligence investigation. This situation is quite unusual and reveals the friendly relationship between Trump and Huang Jen-hsun and possible geopolitical interests behind the matter.
Trump confirmed that he had spoken with Huang Renxun by phone earlier on the 9th, saying that he was most concerned about Huang Renxun’s situation during the scandal. “I spoke to him on the phone today to see how he’s doing,” Trump said. “He said he didn’t know he was a spy,” Trump said. “I believe what he said,” Trump said.
Trump said, “When I first heard about it, at first I was surprised because I thought he was a high-quality person. I’ve known him for a long time.”
This is the second consecutive day that Trump has expressed hope that Huang Renxun will remain at the helm of Huida, the world’s second-largest listed company by market value. “I think he’ll handle it well,” Trump said.
According to the New York Times, US intelligence agencies determined that Alice Huang, Huang’s affair partner and a Chinese senior executive at the Singapore data center company MegaSpeed International, was helping Beijing officials gather intelligence while she was having an affair with Huang.
Trump is expected to meet Chinese leader Xi Jinping at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in Shenzhen next week. Will the Huang Zhen-Hsun scandal be brought before Xi Jinping? “I don’t think so,” Trump said. But Trump added: “Probably, I believe President Xi will ask me. I know Huang Jen-hsun very well, he is a man with a very strong sense of honor.”
Jen-Sun Huang, 63, issued a statement on the 8th and admitted to having an extramarital affair. He apologized to his wife and the company in an open letter on the Huida website and expressed his support and full cooperation with the investigation. Huida said on the 8th that it had launched an independent investigation into Huang becoming “the target of foreign intelligence activities.”
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Guo Jiakun said on the 9th: “The so-called Chinese espionage argument is completely based on rumors and slander.”
The top trending topic on the Chinese social platform Weibo on the morning of the 8th was, “The character of Jen-Hsun Huang, a 41-year-old good husband, has collapsed.”
